Jim leaving Karen for Pam on “The Office”

Don’t get me wrong, Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) is something serious. For three seasons, we saw her bashful flirtations with her best friend Jim (John Krasinski), and at the beginning of Season 4, it happened. Jim left his girlfriend Karen (Rashida Jones). There’s only one problem: It’s boring. Pam and Jim’s interesting personas have now become drab. Jim’s practical jokes on Dwight have become tiresome and Pam’s love for drawing has become irrelevant. Jim has not only ruined his life by leaving Karen for Pam; he has ruined my 2007, too.

-Chris Krapek

Britneyparisnicolelindsay

This four-headed beast was enough to make my head want to crack itself open, allow the brain to hop out and plunge itself into a bucket of booze to numb the pain. Their entire storyline made me worry that stupidity was contagious and that by consuming it all at once, I’d go brain-dead. It’s not that I don’t feel sorry for Britney or Lindsay with their messed-up home lives. The point is that they all decided to do it at once. All media were clogged with news of how one girl outdid another, and the next day with the same story, yet crazier and more irritating. My hope for 2008 is that they at least divide up the months.

-Nyssa Bulkes

Tila Tequila

What else is there to say about this waste of airtime that hasn’t already been said by anyone with a hint of a moral conscience? Perhaps Tila, Tiffany “New York” Pollard, Flava Flav and Bret Michaels should cease pursuing the fine F-list actors and actresses provided by the prestigious VH1 network and try to find chemistry with real, normal people of the world. Unfortunately, none of the personalities just mentioned are even themselves normal by traditional standards. The only thing more disappointing than that is knowing a second “Shot at Love with Tila Tequila” is already on its way.

-Patrick Battle

“Good Luck Chuck”

Dane Cook is probably the worst actor collecting paychecks these days, and the idea that anybody got any sort of enjoyment from watching this movie is just something I can’t understand. Terrible plot, terrible writing and terrible acting. This is cinema at its worst.

-Tony Martin

“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”

Sadly, the do-no-wrong Philip Seymour Hoffman, teamed with seasoned actors Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei, couldn’t rescue this sinking ship. The use of the out-of-order timeline technique (a la “Pulp Fiction”) feels gimmicky and doesn’t contribute to the film, and the story is hopelessly and irredeemably bleak. Even if you excuse the poor creative decisions, the flagrant editing errors make this film indefensible. I felt insulted leaving the theater.

-Ben Burr

“TMZ on TV”

The most disgraceful creation of the entertainment world is the coagulating concoction that calls couch potatoes to even more apathy. While shows such as “Entertainment Tonight” and “Access Hollywood” have gained popularity, they at least offer a slightly legitimate aspect of entertainment news. However, “TMZ” now supplies full on photo-chaser action for those who choose to live vicariously through the TV screen.

-Keith Cameron

“The Comebacks”

There is no doubt that my least favorite movie of 2007 is “The Comebacks.” It is the worst spoof movie ever, not only because it goes too far, but because it tries to mock sports movies that are already spoofs of sports movies. There is really nothing else to say other than that it was a total waste of time.

-Lindsey Kastning